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The Oregon Mediation Association unanimously presented its 2016 Award of Excellence, in the private practitioner category, to Chris Sheesley. This award for outstanding service “recognizes individuals or organizations who have demonstrated exemplary service to the field of mediation and to OMA.”

WELCOME TO IN-ACCORD RESOLUTION SERVICES

You know how difficult and disruptive conflict can be at work. Often what begins with a little tension between two people soon becomes everyone’s problem. It gets complicated and messes up productivity, morale… you name it. Otherwise good employees become derailed. Despite your best intentions and efforts the situation may be escalating out of control.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

“I can’t tell you how much regard I have for him…he is very skilled!”Judy Clark, CEO, HR Answers

“Chris has helped us get to a sense of collaboration and team work that we have spent 10 years aspiring toward and not achieving. I appreciate his efforts and finesse, and expect that we will want to use his services again.”Dr. Tony Gay, M.D., Columbia Gorge Family Medicine

“Chris, you were a life-giver and saver! Thank you so much. Our relationships are VASTLY improved, and although the tension created by our work and structure remains, we handle it much more kindly and gently, and with much improved communication. It is nice to know you can be there if and when we need you again! Thank you so much!”Susan Stoltenberg, Executive Director, Impact Northwest

“You helped Workers’ Compensation Division tremendously in figuring out how to go about the work of reviewing what we do, how we do it and how we could improve our effectiveness. You did this with great patience and humor. Feedback from our staff and managers was consistently very positive about their work with you. You demonstrated yourself to be a very skilled facilitator in a number of different settings. You also provided the executive management team with greater insight into how the process was working. You were straightforward and timely with providing feedback from review participants, which helped us to identify potential issues needing to be addressed. I’m very impressed with your work, Chris.”John Shilts, Administrator, Workers’ Compensation Division

About Us

With two and a half decades of full time experience, a client roster of hundreds of notable organizations and a track record of over 1,750 cases, Chris is among the most seasoned conflict management professionals on the West Coast. He has amassed over 5,000 hours of experience teaching dispute resolution and related skills grounded in his real-world experience.